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Kjell Perder is a Swedish composer and has, beside composing, taught composition, music theory and history at the Stockholm Institute of Music Pedagogics, University of Uppsala, Örebro College of Music, among others.

From 1992 to 1996, and between 2007 and 2013, he worked as an associate professor at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

Today Kjell Perder is a freelance composer, and also working as a conductor, singer and author.

New portrait album with vocal music: LOVE IS ALL (Various artists, SonoConsult) now available on about 60 streaming platforms

Tidal: https://tidal.com/artist/9426615

Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1647146167

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7HRexNWclRKiEM4nXLF6Xl

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQwLxtL95LRbP3FLi7J3baiUvF-8FwP8A

Other recent CD-releases:

Befria de förtryckta! (Set Free the Oppressed, publ Gehrmans) Vocal Ensemble Sundbyberg, ”Et in terra…” Swedish Society 1186) https://listen.tidal.com/album/229813947/track/229813953

Ett barn är fött (A child is born, publ Gehrmans) Ars Longa, ”Sånger till ett nyfött barn”, cond. David Åberg

Jorden behöver fred (The Earth Needs Peace, SMIC) Täby Music Classes, cond. Anders Asp, ”Under samma himmel”, FIM

CD on BIS: ”Solitary Poems” (Anders Paulsson, soprano saxophone) with, among other pieces, How Dare You? (SMIC) for saxophone and didgeridoo

Planned performances

30th of November 2024 at 2 pm and 5 pm

Jubel Jubel for mixed chorus

Adolf Fredrik Church, Stockholm

Chamber Choir of Adolf Fredrik Church, cond. Christoffer Holgersson

1st of December 2024 at 11 am

Jubel Jubel for mixed chorus and young voices

Adolf Fredrik Church, Stockholm

Chamber Choir of Adolf Fredrik Church, children´s choir

cond. Christoffer Holgersson

2nd of February at 6 pm

Nattens längtan (lyrics Bo Setterlind) for mezzo soprano and cello

Vårdklockans kyrka, Visby

Clara Stenegaard Hansen, mezzo, Henning Fredriksson, cello

New releases on Ejeby förlag (Swedish publisher):

Som törstig jord (The Thirsty Soil), three short choir pieces https://ejeby.se/produkt/som-torstig-jord/

Coral Resurrection https://ejeby.se/produkt/coral-resurrection/

Det förlorade paradiset (The Lost Paradise) https://ejeby.se/produkt/det-forlorade-paradiset/

Chorzeit-84-JUNI-21_S56_Buch-Tipps

Alleluia for soprano solo, chorus, organ and oboe, https://ejeby.se/produkt/alleluia/

Psalm 23 (The Lord, Our Shepherd) for alto solo and chorus a c, https://ejeby.se/produkt/psalm-23/

Jordens rop for chorus a cappella, https://ejeby.se/produkt/jordens-rop/

Our Last Words for chorus a cappella https://ejeby.se/produkt/our-last-words/

New releases on Wessmans förlag (Swedish publisher)

Du kan bli den som talar (You can become the one who speaks, lyrics Gudrun Rosén) for SSA choir and piano https://wessmans.com/Article/202260—-du-kan-bli-den-som-talar-k%C3%B6r

Klaras Franciskus (libretto Göran Sahlberg), organ adventure for children, for organ, reciter and singing children

https://wessmans.com/Article/202316—-klaras-franciskus-orgel

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Climate music:

Jordens rop (The Earth Calls) 2021 – lyrics Gudrun Rosén – for mixed chorus a cappella (Publ. Ejeby förlag 2021)

Ljus som bryts i vattendroppar (Refraction of Light in Water Droplets) 2021 – lyrics Gudrun Rosén – hymn for voices and piano

Gå med Gud som skapar (Go with the Creator) 2021 – lyrics Gudrun Rosén – hymn for choir and piano (Publ. Wessmans förlag 2021)

Det blåser en vind (A Wind is blowing) 2021 – lyrics Göran Sahlberg – hymn for choir and piano (Publ. Wessmans förlag 2021)

I livets tjänst (In the Service of Life) 2021 – lyrics Magnus Myrberg – hymn for choir and piano (Publ. Wessmans förlag 2021)

How Dare You? 2021 for soprano saxophone and didgeridoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41uRCjewCgo

Coral Resurrection 2019 for mixed chorus and soprano saxophone (Publ. Ejeby förlag 2020)

Now or Never! 2019 – lyrics Rachel Carson, Greta Thunberg a o – for SSA choir, mixed choir and orchestra

Earth and wind 2015 – lyrics Göran Sahlberg – opera for choir, recorder, trumpet and perc.

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Planned

CD recording (Footprint records) of Det förlorade paradiset (The Lost Paradise publ Ejeby) by Academic Chorus of Lund, cond. Cecilia Martin-Löf

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Radio interviews (in Swedish)

P1 Kultur, 24th of September 2019
Music and climate

P1 Kultur, 23rd of May 2019

P2 Musikmagasinet, 29th of June 2019

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Works Biography

Kjell Perder is a Swedish composer and has, beside composing, taught composition, music theory and history at the Stockholm Institute of Music Pedagogics, University of Uppsala, Örebro College of Music, among others.

From 1992 to 1996, and between 2007 and 2013, he worked as an associate professor at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

Today Kjell Perder is a freelance composer, and also working as a conductor, singer and author.

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